Vana'diel Bestiary: Shankha  

General Information

• Timed spawn around the area of (I-8) in Bibiki Bay - Purgonorgo Isle

• Respawn time is approximately 90 to 120 minutes after its last Time of Death.

• Has an innate Regain effect that cannot be dispelled.

• Immune to Bind, Gravity, and Sleep. Susceptible to Stun, Slow, Paralysis.

Shankha's Special Attacks

• Painful Whip - Single target physical damage.

• The amount of damage Painful Whip deals increases as Shankha's HP decreases.

Historical Information

Shankha, also spelled and pronounced as Shankh and Sankha, is a ritual object consisting of a conch shell, a kind of shell of a large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk from the Indian Ocean. The species has the the scientific name Turbinella pyrum within the family Turbinellidae.

In Hinduism the Shankha is a sacred emblem of the Hindu preserver god Vishnu. The shankha is still used as a trumpet in Hindu ritual, and was used as a war trumpet in the past. The Shankha is praised in Hindu scriptures as a giver of fame, longevity and prosperity, the cleanser of sin and the abode of Lakshmi - the goddess of wealth and consort of Vishnu.

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